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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japan-ready-offer-trial-ebola-drug-051744574.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/swDwfjKcjG24lNjTgUAsBQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-REF-TS-Par7956696-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Children look at a poster warning of the dangers of the Ebola virus on August 24, 2014 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast" align="left" title="Children look at a poster warning of the dangers of the Ebola virus on August 24, 2014 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast" border="0" /></a>Tokyo stands ready to offer an experimental drug developed by a Japanese company to help stem the global tide of the deadly Ebola virus, the top government spokesman said Monday. &quot;Our country is prepared to provide the yet-to-be approved drug in cooperation with the manufacturer if the WHO requests,&quot; Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been discussing the use of unapproved drugs as a way of getting a handle on an outbreak in Africa that has already cost more than 1,400 lives, with thousands more people infected. The use of an experimental drug called ZMapp on two Americans and a Spanish priest infected with the virus while working in Africa has opened up an intense ethical debate.</p><br clear="all"/>